Terry, I completely agree with what you are saying here.
I would just like to suggest that the concern is that using metal utensils or storage containers, over time, may degrade the CS in a manner that would make it less effective. I would not have any qualms about using a metal spoon to measure out the CS, but I would minimize the amount of time that the CS was in contact with the metal.
I remember Ode indicating something to the effect that a piece of copper left in the CS solution would make the silver plate out or form balls, so that the solution would eventually loose it's effectiveness as CS.
Using another metal for the cathode is fine (that's what I do), but it probably should be removed from the CS right after the electrolysis process is complete.
Dan
------------------------------------------- *From:* Terry Chamberlin[SMTP:[email protected]] *Sent:* Tuesday, November 07, 2006 6:09:16 PM *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* CS>Steel electrodes >Stainless spoon ....no no Carlos...a plastic spoon for to take your Silverwater...REMEMBER...no metal.< This is one of the CS myths that wander about. There is almost a mystical superstition some folks have about CS, like it was a strange substance with unknown powers. (Though it is a kind of Super Hero!) All my CS-brewing units use a silver and a stainless steel electrode. The silver electrode is attached to the positive line, the steel one to the negative line. The ONLY electrode that dissolves is the positive one. The negative one is simply an attractor. It does not dissolve whatsoever. It could be made of any conductive metal. The idea that you shouldn't allow CS to touch any metal has no logic to it. What is supposed to happen? Silver is only a metal, a mineral. It is not Kryptonite. It is not radioactive. We freely cook in stainless steel pots, using water that may very well contain some silver particles naturally, yet we don't worry about that. Just yesterday I cooked a large pot of stew, using a quart of CS to cook the veggies in. In fact, one idea for brewing CS was to use a stainless steel pot to hold the distilled water and hang a large silver ingot down into the center. The steel pot would act like the negative attractor, and the silver ingot would dissolve into the water, producing CS. Someone asked me if, were the electrodes accidently reversed, would the unit be producing colloidal steel? But we already understand that you cannot brew colloidal gold with the low voltages we use because the gold is too hard to be dissolved by those low voltages. How much harder is steel? To stir or scoop out CS with a metal spoon or utensil is not a problem, as long as the power is off. Even with the power on, the only potential issue would be to somehow short out the electrodes while stirring the water. This is only mineral water we make, folks, except that it has just one mineral in it. Terry Chamberlin
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